It was announced yesterday that this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival will award a new Kurosawa Akira Prize, named after one of Japan’s greatest directors. The award will be given to a producer or director active during the preceding year. The prize money will be same as that for the Grand Prix in the main competition, at $10,000. This year’s festival, the 17th, will be held October 23-31. The venues will be expanded from the usual Shibuya theaters to also include the sanky new Roppongi Hills development in central Tokyo. There will also be new international market for films, anime and manga/comics.